Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Michigan's 10 Longest Plays vs. Purdue

 

Tony Boles

If you're like me and you enjoy big plays, here are some great ones against the Boilermakers over the years:

  1. Tony Boles 85-yard kickoff return TD (1989)
  2. Rick Leach 83-yard TD pass to Jim Smith (1975)
  3. Chuck Ortmann 82-yard kickoff return (1949)
  4. Martavious Odoms 73-yard punt return TD (2008)
  5. Dave Glinka 72-yard TD pass to Bennie McRae (1961)
  6. Jim Harbaugh 65-yard TD pass to John Kolesar (1985)
  7. Phil Webb 65-yard TD run (1985)
  8. Rick Leach 64-yard TD pass to Jim Smith (1976)
  9. Raymon Taylor 63-yard interception return TD (2012)
  10. Steve Smith 62-yard TD pass to Anthony Carter (1982)

Hit the jump for some clips.


Here's the Tony Boles kickoff return score:

Here's Leach's 83-yard TD pass to Jim Smith:

1 comment:

  1. Raymond Taylor! I watched that play from a fuzzy stream while on deployment!

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